New Jerseyans are worried about gun violence but a plurality agree with Gov. Chris Christie’s veto of a bill to reduce the legal size ammunition magazines, a Rutgers-Eagleton poll has found.

Ninety-two percent of the state’s adults say they are concerned about gun violence – with 68 percent saying they are “very concerned’’ – and nearly two-thirds believe controlling gun ownership is more important than protecting the right to own guns.

The support of Christie’s ammunition veto is something of an anomaly, said David Redlawsk, director of the Rutgers-Eagleton Poll and professor of political science at Rutgers University.

"Most gun control measures we have asked about in the past garner large majorities in support," Redlawsk said. "This one is different, with residents slightly more in favor of the veto than opposed, perhaps because the change seems only incremental and did not strike gun opponents as significant."

Results are from a statewide poll of 871 New Jerseyans contacted by live callers on both landlines and cell phones from July 28 to Aug. 5, with a margin of error of +/- 3.9 percentage points. The poll was completed before the recent events in Ferguson, Missouri.